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Israeli agricultural non-profit CultivAid helps support Tanzania’s growing wine industry

Tanzania's commercial wine industry is relatively young by global standards, dating back to the early 1960s when Catholic missionaries introduced modern viticulture around Dodoma.

 Israeli nonprofit CultivAid is working with Tanzanian grape growers and young agricultural professionals.
"Incorporate the power of the sea for people living with trauma." Dr. Ariel Ezra during HaGal Sheli activity.

New bachelor's degree to train students in trauma treatment through surf therapy

Students at Reichman University, January 22, 2026

Reichman course for students: Take NIS 500,000 and decide how to distribute it

Archival image of Yossi and Gavri Banai during the 1980s.

Grapevine: Commemorating Jerusalem's favorite son


Jerusalem hosts fourth-annual ‘Own Your Voice’ business conference

The fourth annual Jerusalem Business Conference, this year’s titled “Own Your Voice: Building Business and Community,” took place on November 19 at the Nefesh B’Nefesh Campus in Cinema City.

Lesley Kaplan, Joseph Gitler, and the writer.

'Different but equal': Jerusalem nonprofit launches campaign for Disability Day

Instituted by the United Nations in 1992, Disability Day seeks to “build a more just, inclusive, equitable and sustainable world,” according to the UN.

David Marcu (center), President of Israel Elwyn, participates in the “Different but Equal” Campaign with Israel Elwyn’s Community Living program participants and staff.

Ben & Jerry's board chair refuses to resign as Unilever pressure intensifies

Ben & Jerry's chair Anuradha Mittal rejects Unilever calls to remove her, calling an audit politically driven as the feud deepens ahead of Magnum’s market debut.

Packs of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, a brand of Unilever, for sale at a Walmart store in Valley Stream, New York, US, November 6, 2025.

Why Collaboration, Not Competition, Will Cure Rare Cancers

International Neuroblastoma Awareness Day is marked each year on December 5 in more than 50 countries and the day’s theme, “Together We Can,” is more than a slogan

Shir with his mother

‘Genocide’ term creator's family says letters support probe request into use of Lemkin name

Rabbi Marvin Hier joined several rabbinic leaders in arguing that using the “Lemkin” name to accuse Israel of genocide misrepresents the history and moral intent behind Lemkin’s work.

Raphael Lemkin

From battlefield to bench: Shurat HaDin’s legal campaign against Hamas

Using the tools of international law, Tel Aviv-based Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center is waging a fierce legal campaign against the financial & institutional pillars of Hamas and its global enablers

MEMORIAL CEREMONY for 12 young Druze residents from Majdal Shams, killed in a Hezbollah missile attack in July 2024. Shurat HaDin is representing families of the victims in a lawsuit against Hezbollah.

Partnering for progress: Amitim founder on helping Israelis get out of the rut - opinion

The nonprofit and volunteer sector here is much more efficient than our political leaders. Together with a strong partnership with the Diaspora, we will be okay.

BUTTERFLY EFFECT: Even a tiny change sets up unpredictable outcomes.

From despair to renewal: Repairing homes, rebuilding lives

Tenufa Bakehila is Israel's only large-scale nonprofit organization providing urgent and essential home repairs, alongside social work support for families in need, on a national level.

.Installing new kitchen.

From New York to the National Library of Israel: Naomi Schacter's journey

'The home of the book for the People of the Book.’

NAOMI SCHACHTER; from New York City to Jerusalem, 1983.

Israeli medical team gives sight to thousands in Ethopia

In one refugee camp, an 11-year-old girl who had suffered from poor vision for years burst into laughter and tears of joy after receiving her first pair of glasses.

Professor Hartstein treats a patient in Ethiopia.